com.ibm.cos.v2.utils

Class DependencyValidate

java.lang.Object

com.ibm.cos.v2.utils.DependencyValidate

public final class DependencyValidate
extends Object

Utilities for loading of classes and objects which have optional dependencies, and therefore need to be safely checked at runtime in order to use.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static void	requireClass(String classPath, String module, String feature) A helpful method that checks that some class is available on the class-path.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

requireClass

public static void requireClass(String classPath,
                                String module,
                                String feature)

A helpful method that checks that some class is available on the class-path. If it fails to load, it will throw an exception based on why it failed to load. This should be used in cases where certain dependencies are optional, but the dependency is used at compile-time for strong typing